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Getting Started On-line I Syllabus I Requirements I Bibliography I Museum Projects Videos/DVD I Required Paper I Maps I Chronology I Websites I Exams/Grades |
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Identification
Items While reading Chapters 7-8 of your textbook, watch for the following items. When you find the item in Chapter 7-8, identify the object or person. Some items are more important than others. On your exam, you will need to identify and discuss the importance of the most important individuals or items. Edward II, Piers Gaveston, Battle of Bannockburn, Hugh Despenser, Edward III (1327-1377), Roger Mortimer, Longbow, Battle of Crecy, Black Prince, peers, primogeniture, John of Gaunt, Alice Perrers, Black Death, Peasant' Revolt (1381), poll tax, Wat Tyler, John Wyclif, Statute of Provisors, Lollards, Geoffrey Chaucer, The Canterbury Tales, William Langland, The Vision of Piers Ploughman, Perpendicular Style, Robert Grosseteste, Robert Bacon, William of Ockham, Michael de la Pole, Robert de Vere, Merciless Parliament, Richard II (1377-1399), Henry Boliingbroke, Lancastrian Rule, Owen Glendower, Sir Edmund Mortimer, Beaufort Family, Henry V, Battle of Agincourt, Henry VI (1422-1461), Joan of Arc, William de la Pole, Jack Cade, Margaret of Anjou, Richard (Duke of York), Battle of Towton Moor, Inns of Court, putting-out system, "yeoman", Eton, William Caxton, Richard III, Battle of Bosworth Field. |
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| The following essay questions should be guides for your reading of Chapters 7-8. The topics may suggest an idea for a research paper that would increase your knowledge of the topic. The following essay questions will be included on the First Exam. You will write two essays on the first exam. You will choose your exam essays. | |
| 1. What started the Hundred Years' War. What were the underlying causes of the conflict? What advantages did each side have? Why were the French finally able to remove the English presence in France almost entirely? | |
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2. What is "bastard feudalism"? What caused the break-down of orderly government in England during the fifteenth century? |
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Reading Assignment |
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Clayton Roberts, David Roberts, Douglas R. Bisson, Chapter 7-8 |
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